LA TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Intro to physics? 5 Fundamentals 9 __ test 13 Monopoly token replaced by a cat 14 “Yeah, why not?”

15 Has status 16 Breaking point 18 Coming up 19 When one of the X-Men needs to communicate with the pitcher, __ 21 App pop-ups 24 “That’s __-brainer!” 25 Called before 26 Concentrate 28 Achievement for a goal-oriented player?

33 When a member of the Justice

League has possession of the football, __ 36 Spanish Mrs. 37 High-voiced Muppet

38 Allude (to) 39 “The Night Circus” novelist Morgenstern 40 Mushroom top 41 When one of Marvel’s Avengers needs to create a lineup card, __ 43 Pronged spears 45 Seamaster watchmaker 46 “Shoot!” 47 Airport rental 49 “__ Misérables” 50 Idolized athletes, and an apt title for this puzzle? 56 Uncanny

57 Like a wide load 61 Rise to the top of a news feed, say 62 Ham or lamb 63 Sushi wrapper 64 Nasty hangover? 65 Writer Bombeck 66 Vice president between Quayle and Cheney

DOWN

1 The Brewers, in box scores

2 Cy Young stat 3 Lean-__ 4 Aardvark meal 5 __ Martin

6 Beast of burden 7 Stuff

8 Follows a pattern, say

9 Stadium sign 10 “The Wallflower” jazz singer James 11 Turquoise kin 12 Egyptian snakes 15 Webster’s shelfmate

17 Secret supply 20 Future resident 21 Change

22 Buck

23 Garlicky dish 27 Gp. for the troops

28 Old audio systems

29 Chevy subcompact 30 Mideast birthplace of actress Gal Gadot

31 React to an awkward moment, say

32 “The Wizard of Oz” setting 34 Gin and tonic 35 Staff symbol 39 Dartboard wood 41 __ interest 42 Facial mask targets

44 Willing to take risks

47 Half of half-andhalf

48 Vital blood vessel 50 Hardens

51 Make waves? 52 Cookie with a limited edition Pumpkin Spice flavor

53 Word before and after sweet

54 “Best. Day. __!” 55 Join the chorus 58 Herpetologist’s employer

59 __ on the side of caution

60 Game cube